> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 202](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258680) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/3133-1) LSID 3133-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18671249) QID Q18671249 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gibson, George Stacey (1818-1883), British banker and amateur botanist, born 20 Jul 1818 in Saffron Walden (Essex), his Quaker family's fortune was founded on malting and brewing and then banking (the family bank merged with others in 1863 to become Barclays), mayor of Saffron Walden 1877-1878 and later alderman and Justice of the Peace for the borough, F.L.S. 1847, died 5 Apr 1883 "at the Temperance House, Bishopsgate", London. **Abbreviated name**: *Gibson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Gibson*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BRISTM|BRISTM]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection CLR|CLR]], [[Collection HAMU|HAMU]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NMW|NMW]], [[Collection SRD|SRD]], [[Collection SWN|SWN]] (orig.); he also purchased part of the Lambert herb. (*fide* Miller, H.S, Taxon 19: 509. 1970). – Corr. and papers in the Saffron Walden Museum (Essex). #### Bibliography and biography APN p. 226; Barnhart 2: 45; BB p. 122; BL 2: 239-240, 659; BM 2: 673; CSP 2: 873-874, 7: 770; Desmond p. 250, ed. 2: 276-277; DNB 7: 1155; IH 2: 223; Jackson p. 252; Kent p. 56, ed. 2: 148; Kew 2: 407; Portr. 3: 477; PR ed. 2: 3322; Rehder 5(index): 320; TL-2/5: 1031 (index); Tucker 1: 277; Zander ed. 17: 949. #### Biofile - Anon., Proc. Linnean Soc. London 1882-1883: 41-42. 1883; Herts and Essex Observer \[newspaper?\], 7, 14 and 21 Apr 1883: 8 p. - Boulger, G.S., 1883. J. Bot. 21: 161-165. (portr.) - Bridson, G.D.R. et al., 1980. Nat. hist. manuscript resources British Isles: 403. (index) #### Eponymy For eponyms based on the name Gibson see William Hamilton Gibson (TL-2/1). ### Publications ##### n.36.373. flora **Title** The *flora* of *Essex*; or a list of the flowering plants and ferns found in the County of Essex... London (William Pamplin) 1862. Duod. (*Fl*. *Essex*). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1862, p. \[i\]-l, \[1\]-469, *4 pl*. (col. copper engr.), 1 map (col., fold). *Copies*: BM, G, HH (n.v.), K, MO (map wanting), NY (n.v.). *Note*: The four plates are found facing p. 87, 88, 151 and 173 (in MO copy). *Ref*.: Lindley, J., Athenaeum \[24 Jan\]: 119. 24 Jan 1863 (rev.). - Mora, A.G., J. Bot. 1: 59-61. Feb 1863 (rev.).